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  • The Threat of Ebola Virus Disease: A Call to Integrate all Sectors in Surveillance Activities in Ghana

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    Disease surveillance particularly surveillance for communicable diseases is essential in identifying cases and preventing the occurrence of an outbreak. Surveillance can also contribute to reducing the size of an outbreak. In order to achieve these… read more
    … must include all possible sites for case detection. The lack of established mechanisms to provide feedback to the … must include all possible sites for case detection. The lack of established mechanisms to provide feedback to the …
  • Linking Binge Drinking, Depression to SES? An age old question with fresh eyes

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    One of the key questions in health economics is what is the direction of causality: does poverty cause poor health outcomes; does low education cause poor health outcomes; does poor health result in lack of productivity; does poor health cause poor… read more
    … cause poor health outcomes; does poor health result in lack of productivity; does poor health cause poor … cause poor health outcomes; does poor health result in lack of productivity; does poor health cause poor …
  • Characterizing Fentanyl-Associated Mortality using the Literal Causes of Death

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    In October 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released health advisory #384 to inform people about increases in fentanyl fatalities. Florida’s statewide syndromic surveillance system, Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more
    … using death record data for fentanyl surveillance is the lack of a fentanyl-specific overdose ICD-10 code; however, … using death record data for fentanyl surveillance is the lack of a fentanyl-specific overdose ICD-10 code; however, …
  • Automating BioSense 2.0 Locker Processing for Local Program-Specific Surveillance

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    Syndromic surveillance can provide early warning of potential public health emergencies and acute health events in a population. The sharing and aggregation of syndromic data among jurisdictions can provide more comprehensive situational awareness… read more
    … functions, and provides access only to binned data. The back-door interface, with access to additional data lockers … functions, and provides access only to binned data. The back-door interface, with access to additional data lockers …
  • Establishing a Pilot Surveillance System for Venous Thromboembolism

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    The U.S. Surgeon General's 2008 Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) raised the importance of conducting surveillance for VTE. VTE comprises PE and DVT and collectively is responsible for estimated 350,000… read more
    … from cohort studies in selected counties (which often lack racial diversity typical of the U.S.) and then … from cohort studies in selected counties (which often lack racial diversity typical of the U.S.) and then …
  • Update from CDC's Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO)

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    The practice of public health surveillance is evolving as electronic health records (EHRs) and automated laboratory information systems are increasing adopted, as new approaches for health information exchange are employed, and as new health… read more
    … opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new … opportunities for providing population health information back to clinicians. For public health surveys, new …
  • The Epidemiologic Vocabulary of the West and the Former Soviet Union: Different Sides of the Same Science

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    As part of the US Department of Defense strategy to counter biological threats, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Biological Engagement Program is enhancing the capabilities of countries in the former Soviet Union (FSU) to detect,… read more
    … Consequently many fundamental Soviet terms and concepts lack simple correlates in English and other languages … Consequently many fundamental Soviet terms and concepts lack simple correlates in English and other languages …
  • Cross Disciplinary Consultancy: Negation Detection Use Case

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    Despite considerable effort since the turn of the century to develop Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods and tools for detecting negated terms in chief complaints, few standardised methods have emerged. Those methods that have emerged (e.g.… read more
    … with customised solutions. Important reasons for this lack of progress include (a) limited shareable datasets for … with customised solutions. Important reasons for this lack of progress include (a) limited shareable datasets for …